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Threats to Australian democracy are closer to home than China
Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Defence Minister Linda Reynolds are holding face-to-face talks in Washington DC this week with their US counterparts Mike Pompeo and Mark Esper
Ahead of the talks, the ministers have announced they will be dealing with key security issues in our region, including the threat that Australia may be exposed to disinformation…
- David Neal
- The Sydney Morning Herald
They say that this threat will be defeated because “our liberal democratic values such as free speech and a free press” and “our commitments to open political systems, robust…
Specifically in relation to China, they point out that, “sweeping and…